Not listed on IPS (icepartnersearch.com):
Ashley Cain S6 - likely to return to JGP in singles & will compete Senior ladies in the U.S. in 2012-13
Timothy LeDuc S11 - still looking as of the May 2nd article link posted in this GSD thread: The challenges of finding a suitable pair/dance partner...

Listed on IPS (have competed at Nationals, Nov.-Sr., within the past few years):
* = ISU Junior age-eligible in 2012-13

One of the more intriguing things for the new season in pairs for me, will be how well the junior pairs teams testing up to seniors (Denney/ Frazier and Duarte/ Grafton) will fare among the more established teams at the top and among the newly formed teams, especially Yankowskas/ Reagan and Davis/ Ladwig, and also Baga/ Toth.

Ooooo. I may have to pay attention to the JGP with Russia's D/D and Zaitsev/Stevens (Divaette/Utah) competing this season. Two of my very favorite teams that I will be very, very saddened if they outgrow each other.

I'm assuming "Brittany Jones has moved to Cali" isn't accurate or, at least, premature at this point.

I missed this pair news tidbit that was published in early April in an article about the Skating Club of Boston's "Ice Chips" show:

[Marissa] Castelli and [Simon] Shnapir want to push themselves as they prepare for next season. Among other things, they're planning to take a couple of trips to Montreal to work with Bruno Marcotte and Richard Gauthier.

"We're going to go get some choreography done," Castelli said. "We thought [Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran, and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford] were fabulous at worlds, and true sportsmen too. It's going to be nice to see other people and see how they train. Boston is a great place to train, but it's good to see something different. We have a great team here: Bobby [Martin] and Carrie [Wall], and Mark [Mitchell]'s going to be part of our team here.

"We're pushing forward; everything's looking really good," Castelli went on. "For this part of the season, we're very consistent. We want to explore our boundaries and find out what makes us, us. Last year was a difficult year, but it was a transitional year."

Donlan and Speroff have a new exhibition program to Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni. Yes, it was finally time to say Goodbye to their Time to Say goodbye exhibition . I loved the new program and will upload this to youtube in a few minutes, too.

The U.S. Figure Skating Pairs Committee and Pairs Development Subcommittee are pleased to announce the inaugural U.S. Figure Skating National Pairs Camp. The goal of this camp is to bring all pair teams together along with prospective pairs skaters while creating an environment to share ideas a techniques and help pairs skating in the United States flourish. The focus will be on developing a solid foundation for pairs skaters/teams with help from guest speakers and elite coaches, including Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns and Tanith Belbin. Pair teams/coaches and individual pair skaters of all levels are welcome.

I've received a couple of unsolicited pms from a FSU poster who claims that "the Ellenton rink has some amazing energy now and there are pairs teams that [will] Shock even After shocks."

There are some good junior pairs I know, some of whom will be moving up to seniors next season. I enjoyed watching Denney/ Frazier, and Simpson/ Blackmer at Nats in January, but those teams train out of Colorado Springs.

Aside from the new team of Davis/ Ladwig, who else in Ellenton is on the rise? I'm willing to be impressed, but I doubt I'll be "shocked." U.S. pairs is fairly exciting at the moment, and watchable.

ETA re. Tanovich/Chau: I never heard an official reason for their split in May 2010. Both have been competing in singles since then. Last I heard, Chau is still in Ellenton (he placed 6th in Senior Men at Eastern Sectionals this past season); Tanovich (junior last season and competing senior now) switched to another rink in Florida and currently is coached by Richard Callaghan, I believe.

I definitely enjoyed watching Tanovich/ Chau in novice and juniors. I didn't realize Tracy experienced a growth spurt that made their partnership difficult to maintain. It must be very challenging for them both to be a winning pair team and then compete lower-ranked in singles and not make Nationals.

I remember seeing Zhang/ Bartholomay at Nats and I think they're a good team, but not in the "shock and awe" category. I remember when Zhang skated with Taylor Toth, but her new partnership probably works better for her. I'm excited to see the new team of Baga/ Toth as they both seem to have a similar lyrical style.

I definitely enjoyed watching Tanovich/ Chau in novice and juniors. I didn't realize Tracy experienced a growth spurt that made their partnership difficult to maintain. It must be very challenging for them both to be a winning pair team and then compete lower-ranked in singles and not make Nationals.

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michael chau is fabulous but only 5'4 so tracy didnt have to grow that much to outgrow him

As others have mentioned, Tanovich and Chau were nearly the same height by the end of their partnership (Chau is about 5'4", maybe a bit less). They attempted to hang on for one last season, which would have been their first on the JGP, but Chau hurt his shoulder and I think that forced the issue.

The writing had been on the wall for a few seasons, and at least for me, it allowed an interesting perspective on their skating. I always enjoyed watching them skate from Juvenile on up, with a joy and lovely quality of movement about them. Although any season may be a team's last season, I was especially aware of that with Tanovich and Chau (because of his height and her age), and it allowed me to really appreciate their performances in their last few years. I know that many were hoping they would get their well-earned Team USA jackets before they needed to split, and the timing of Chau's injury was unfortunate.

I know that many were hoping they would get their well-earned Team USA jackets before they needed to split, and the timing of Chau's injury was unfortunate.

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Yes, I was really hoping they could compete internationally at least once together. On a positive, present day note, Tanovich can land a clean 2A as a singles skater and seems to be improving its consistency in competition.

Tiffany Vise &#8207;( @icetiff ) tweeted on May 13:

So excited to be working with Phillip Mills this week on our new short program to the instrumental version "Open Arms" by Journey.

Castelli and Shnapir have recently started doing throw quadruple Salchows, and they are considering adding the jump to their programs next season.

"I landed my first quad about two weeks ago," Castelli said Sunday. "I landed it the first day we tried it. I've been having issues with the triple sal because I finish the rotation so early -- I have huge hang time. Two weeks ago Mark Mitchell was like, 'Your sal is so huge, you can do quad.' And the next session he was like, 'I'll bribe you to do a quad.' We rotated it, and I was surprised how good it felt. I've been practicing them ever since and I love it -- it's a great feeling to fly through the air."

OK what's up with Vise/Baldwin getting Canada? The looked BAD at nationals. And no GP of Z/B? Looks like bad judgement?

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There World Rankings are much higher as they have done a number of GP's. Z/B are pretty much unproven, but hopefully they have a good summer showing, get Oberstdorf and have a good showing and get some points and get the TBA for SA.